Kauto Star soars to third King George triumph at Kempton

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Brilliant staying chaser silences his doubters with another imperious display and will now rest on laurels until Gold Cup at Cheltenham

With its endless queues for beer, bets and burgers and that blue-skied chill of indelible Christmases past, something of the Desert Orchid era was recreated at Kempton Park yesterday.The notion was validated gloriously as the shadows lengthened and Kauto Star was elevated to a branch of the jumping peerage previously the sole preserve of the great grey.

Only two horses had previously won the Stan James King George VI Chase three times and, of them, only Dessie - who went on to claim four - had done so in successive years. But there was scarcely a moment yesterday that gave